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One way of getting happiness and pleasure! by daisy torson
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One way of getting happiness and pleasure! |
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Self Improvement
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So: If all happiness and pleasure begins in the mind; how do you get into that state of mind? By opening up all your senses and feeling with all your body. Let me explain further. I believe that skydiving gives you a rush because for those few exquisite moments your senses have all been flipped to maximum. It forces you to use all your senses. It opens your senses in a way that they’ve never been used before in your daily life – and therefore they feel special to you. Feel great washing your dishes! If you open all your senses all the time, won’t that have the same effect? All the colors will look more vibrant. Every sensation will be fresh. As you wash your hands, you’ll feel the water over your skin as you’ve never felt it before. It’ll feel the same as the water from a waterfall in an exotic holiday location. You’ll feel the heat in summer, you’ll feel the cold in winter, you’ll feel everything that much more keenly, and enjoy it thoroughly. Note: This doesn’t apply to something physically painful. Raise your base set point of happiness Remember the base “set point” of happiness that I talked about? The best way to increase happiness is not to seek temporary pleasures. Instead, I recommend using meditation to raise your happiness set point. Out of all the methods I’ve tried, meditation has had the best effect. I’ve read countless other methods, but cannot write about them for I have not tried them enough to recommend them. When I get around to them, and they work, rest assured that you will know about them. How about heightening pleasure? Now, on to pleasure gained from temporary events. There is nothing wrong with those, despite all we’ve talked about. There are many ways of enhancing that happiness. In an older series on overcoming pain, the main theme was to remove yourself from the pain. It is not you, it is something inside you. Observe it. Make the shift from “I am in pain” to “There is pain inside me”. Note the effect it has on your body, note what if feels like; just watch it, don’t judge it, or react to it. (Reread the series if you don’t know what I’m talking about). I did a little experiment – I tried doing this to pleasurable sensations. To my surprise, it actually increases the pleasure. But try this next time – no matter what it is: It is separate from you. Try to see it not as “I am feeling great!”, but rather “There is joy inside my body.” See if that works for you, and if it doesn’t, well, you’re still having a good time! This too shall pass “This too shall pass”, is a quote that is often said to someone who is in pain or suffering. It does help to lessen the pain. By telling the person the pain will not last forever, and that it is only fleeting, the person no longer identifies with the pain. It is another way of helping them make the shift from “I am in pain” and “There is pain inside me.” How about applying the same to happiness gained from temporary events? For example, if you see a flower and it is beautiful, do you feel the urge to uproot it and take it home with you? If you see a beautiful sunset, do you wish to capture it with your camera so it lasts longer? If you find a dream lover for one night, do you try to keep him or her forever? The beauty fades when you try to capture it forever. If you look at the flower you’ve taken home every day, you might get sick of it, or you might no longer feel it is beautiful. You might call it being desensitized, or have another theory about why this is so; but I think that trying to hold on to happiness detracts from it. Knowing that happiness and pleasure gained from temporary events will pass soon allows you to open up your senses and enjoy being in the moment. Your attention is no longer being diverted by thinking of how to capture it, you simply let everything be, and the joy deepens. Dr. Robert Puff, Ph.D. is a meditation expert, international speaker, and avid blogger who’s wisdom can be found on http://www.Meditation-Enlightenment.com. Dr. Puff is the creator of the weekly Meditation for Health Podcast, available at http://www.MeditationForHealthPodcast.com. Additionally, he has a weekly podcast that explores the world of Happiness, available at http://www.happinesspodcast.org
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